Midwest's Simply Beer IPA

[Rush]

Using S-05 mine finished at 1.009. Sweet would be the last thing I would call this kit, but I also never have any issues getting extract beers to attenuate low.

 

[JohnnyBeers]

Finished the kit Sunday and it's started fermenting in less than 24 hours and still going strong. Had a couple initial problems, forgot to get OG and then tried about an hour later to my surprise was mostly water so I give the carboy a really good shake and let it do its thing. Little nervous about the temp, it's 72 in the room but it's going at about 76...

 

[RM-MN]

Finished the kit Sunday and it's started fermenting in less than 24 hours and still going strong. Had a couple initial problems, forgot to get OG and then tried about an hour later to my surprise was mostly water so I give the carboy a really good shake and let it do its thing. Little nervous about the temp, it's 72 in the room but it's going at about 76...

Set the carboy in a tub of cool water or you aren't going to like the flavors you get.:rockin:

You can add ice to get the water cooler. You want the fermenting beer to be in the low to mid 60's.

 

[JohnnyBeers]

Am I too late? It's already 4 days in and noticed the temperature starting to drop.

 

[Rush]

Am I too late? It's already 4 days in and noticed the temperature starting to drop.

Probably. At this point I'd personally RDWHAHB. But keeping your temps relatively under control really is simple for future brews. Get a small ice chest/ container that can fit your fermenter and a few gallons of water. Then get some spare water bottles that you freeze and drop in the water to keep it cool.

I personally use the Igloo Ice Cube cooler (like this http://www.homebrewfinds.com/2013/08/reader-tip-igloo-ice-cube-maxcold-70.html) with a hole cut in the top to fit the airlock. 2-3 gallons of water around the sides of the carboy, with two frozen 12oz bottles of water, replaced every 12 hours keep the temps around 63-65F.

 

[masskrug]

I grabbed a few of these kits when they had free shipping. Now shipping is $7.95. You can certainly build a superior Pale Ale or "Session IPA," (The kit does not hit the IPA range as implied) for $27.94.